The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
Lake Weir Middle School Band
Lake Weir Middle School in Summerfield, FL needs support for their band program.
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With generous and transformative support from Eddie Van Halen over the years and now continuing through his son Wolfgang, The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation is pleased to announce that the Van Halen Family has committed to kickstarting the Adopt A School campaign with a generous $1,000 donation towards each of the first 100 participating schools.
The Lake Weir Middle School band program needs your help! Alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, flutes and trumpets are needed to replace aged instruments that are beyond repair.
The Lake Weir Middle School band program, over the past twenty years, continues to grow with more and more students wanting to take band. For the past few years, the program has come close to maintaining 200 students total in the program. Unfortunately, many students who are in the band, cannot afford their own instrument and end up having to use a school-owned instrument. However, because the program has grown so much, we are coming to the point where we do not have enough instruments for each student. Not to mention, most of the school-owned instruments are out of date, need repairs, or do not work as well as they should leaving many students more frustrated when they are not successful because of the instrument, and not because of them. It seems like every day in class a student is asking for help with their instrument because something is not working. Our students could greatly benefit from having instruments that work. - Michael Martin, Band Director
Schools participating in the Adopt A School campaign are qualified through MHOF’s vetting and eligibility process, giving donors confidence that their investment is protected and sustainable, impacting students for a minimum of 10 years (the lifespan of an instrument in a school setting.) Donations made to this school’s fundraising campaign go directly to The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation (MHOF). MHOF then purchases the specific instruments the school is in need of at a substantially discounted price and the instruments deliver directly to the school.
Donate today and help these students foster their love of music!
To spread the word on social media or link to this page in your own fundraising efforts, use the links below! And to learn more about The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation's Adopt A School campaign, visit mhopus.org/adopt-a-school or contact MHOF at info@mhopus.org or 818-762-4328.
[5% of donations are retained for JustGiving’s required service fee, MHOF retains an additional 10% to cover administrative costs associated with school vetting and granting of instruments.]
